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Comment by ringeryless

6 months ago

The author committed the modern offense of using "ask" as a noun.

i highly disrespect someone "making an ask" one asks a question, or makes a request.

whichever styleguide inspired such butchering of our fair tongue should crawl back under the rock it came from.

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